By deifying Alice Coltrane, we're missing out on the actual idiosyncratic person she was
- Posted on April 29, 2025
- By Los Angeles Times
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By deifying Alice Coltrane, we're missing out on the actual idiosyncratic person she was

When I speak with Michelle Coltrane, I learn things about her mother, like how she rebuked the cult of fame and celebrity but never abandoned legacy — her husband’s, the creators or her own.